New Gas meter already has huge reading!

deedee71

Hi

British Gas is closed today and I'm hoping someone can help.

I've just got central heating put in (on Wednesday) so have only been using gas for four days.....and the meter is reading 22,728 m3 already.

In fact during the time it took to write up this message it has increased by 400 units.

Am I being really dense and missing something here? It's definitely a m3 reading if that makes a difference.

Any help would be appreciated.

macman

You are taking the cost per kwH but measuring your consumption in m3. You need to convert m3 to kwh to work out the cost.
And are you misreading the meter?-my last bill was a little 400 units for the whole quarter!

deedee71

Ah there is a digital point on the meter but not on the actual digital reading. So it is 23.093.

Thanks for that....I've never had a gas meter before.

I'll search the other threads and see if I can find a conversion rate for kw to m3.

Macman you're a star!

macman

This might be faster:
http://www.energylinx.co.uk/gas_meter_conversion.html
The conversion factor is approx 11.3. Therefore assuming 262kwh, your current cost is around £7.
That should make you feel better.

kippen_noedel

check the links above this part of the forum, you may find a cheaper tariff

deedee71

Yes, my Economy 7 meter was taken out on Friday so I'll look for a switch for dual fuel or switch them individually as I've automatically been put on the standard tariff for both gas and electric, which is quite high.

kjsmith7

A quick way to do a conversion is to multiply the units used (e.g. 10 units) by 11, in this example it would be 110kWh. Not absolutely perfect, but close enough if you're not by a computer.